‘WRONG SIGNALS’
“The actions of Canada and Australia send the wrong signals and increase security risks,” he added.
Chinese troops, he said, “remain on high alert at all times, resolutely safeguarding national sovereignty and security and regional peace and stability”.
China has not ruled out the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control, and has stepped up deployments of fighter jets and naval vessels around the island in recent years. Taipei rejects Beijing’s sovereignty claim.
The United States frequently sends ships through the Taiwan Strait, and several Western allies have followed suit with regular, but less common, transits.
In June, China criticised the United Kingdom for sending a navy patrol vessel through the waterway, saying it “undermined peace and stability”.
Source: CNA
